About ESPL

Welcome to the Home Page of Energy Storage Publishing Ltd (ESPL). We produce two magazine titles and one fortnightly news briefing of direct relevance to the global battery industry. Batteries and Energy Storage Technology (BEST) magazine is the world's leading publication on battery manufacture and design and the emerging field of large scale electrical energy storage. If you make or use rechargeable battery systems for automotive, telecom, standby or a host of other applications, BEST magazine is a must-read for you. If you are a supplier to this market, it is the place to promote your products and services. Launched in 2003, BEST magazine covers developments in all battery chemistries from lead-acid to lithium-ion. Its editorial team reports from all the major technical conferences and exhibitions in this field and is recognised as the BEST source for keeping up with major industry developments. Chinese BEST, its sister publication, was launched in 2010 to make the editorial excellence of BEST available in Mandarin to the burgeoning Chinese battery industry. It is fast becoming a must read technical journal in China. Critical Power Online takes Energy Storage Publishing’s unique experience in electrochemical understanding to the world of batteries, gensets and UPS systems. With daily news from the industry and a fortnightly briefing sent directly to your mailbox with features and interviews, Critical Power Online has the market and technology covered. Whether you're looking for the latest information on battery developments in hybrid and electric cars or safety issues concerning batteries used in cellular phones and laptop computers, you'll find the answers in our pages. If you are looking for new machinery, materials or technology to make batteries, you'll read about it in our pages first.

So ESA’s annual event is over for another year. It’s no longer an event for battery scientists or even battery vendors but it looks like an excellent networking event for everyone else. As a conference with formal presentations, forget it.